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Apologies in advance to our older listeners for a few knowledge gaps…

We’ve both spent some time digging into the history of Atari via the excellent Atari 50 digital museum from Digital Eclipse – in doing so, we discovered a few classics, many duds, and experienced a fascinating (if sometimes cursed) deep dive into where things went wrong for the company that popularised home video game consoles.

The Spider-Man writer Samuel mentioned in this episode was Gerry Conway, by the way.

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Solaris
Tempest
Yars
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Matthew

  1. Yars’ Revenge
  2. Missile Command
  3. Ruiner Pinball
  4. Ninja Golf
  5. Tempest 2000

Samuel

  1. Centipede
  2. Yars’ Revenge
  3. Missile Command (Atari Lynx)
  4. Solaris
  5. Tempest 2000

Stinkeroonies

  • Swordquest
  • Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy
  • Atari Karts
  • Cybermorph
  • Scrapyard Dog

Mentions

  • Crystal Castles
  • RealSports Volleyball
  • RealSports Tennis
  • Canyon Bomber
  • 3D Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Major Havoc
  • Star Raiders
  • Adventure
  • Haunted House
  • Miner 2049er
  • Basketbrawl
  • Fight for Life
  • Missile Command 3D